NEW DELHI, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was flying to New Delhi on Tuesday to try to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks and put at risk U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region. ... > full story
BEIJING, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) China warned French President Nicolas Sarkozy to call off a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying on Tuesday that it was up to Sarkozy to create the right conditions for putting China-EU relations back on track. ... > full story
TOKYO, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) Support for Japan's gaffe-prone prime minister, Taro Aso, tumbled by a third to 31 percent in a survey published Monday, as he struggles to rescue the economy from recession and keep his ruling party from unraveling. ... > full story
PAJU, South Korea, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) North Korea slashed the number of South Korean workers at a joint industrial enclave in the North on Monday in a border clampdown seen as a pressure tactic to change Seoul's tough policy toward its neighbor. ... > full story
DHAKA, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) Nearly 2,500 candidates have submitted nominations to contest parliamentary elections in Bangladesh on December 29, poll officials said Monday. ... > full story
BEIJING, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) The new face of AIDS in China is a shy man with a heavy provincial accent, a weathered face and the rough hands of a manual worker. ... > full story
SEOUL, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) Hundreds of South Koreans streamed out of the communist North at the weekend, expelled from a joint industrial enclave by Pyongyang in anger at the hardline policy of the conservative leader in the South. ... > full story
DOHA, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) The world needs "to think big" to solve the global financial crisis while helping reduce poverty, the U.N. secretary-general said on Friday. ... > full story
PAJU, South Korea, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) A cargo train between North and South Korea and tours from the South to the communist state stopped on Friday under a border clampdown called for by Pyongyang in anger at the conservative government in Seoul. ... > full story
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Opposition Hits Capital Area Development Plan . Nov. 30, 2008 (Korea Times) A group of Grand National Party (GNP) lawmakers announced Sunday they would seek steps aimed at removing regulatory measures imposed on industries ...
Progress against HIV Nov. 30, 2008 (Scotland Herald) Scientists may have found a new weapon in the battle against the Aids virus, it was revealed yesterday.. . Increasing the production of ...